[Intracranial meningiomas in children: report of 10 cases].
The occurrence of meningiomas in children is rare, accounting for less than 5% of tumors of the central nervous system in childhood. This is a retrospective study of 10 patients with CNS meningiomas. The goal of this study was to determine the epidemiology, clinical and radiological features, and long-term outcome of meningiomas. The results ware compared with those reported in the literature.
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Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona.
Guillén
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Cruz
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Costa
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome